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Thanks, all. It also makes me feel better, too, about when the days get short again and we are both off to work long before it's remotely daylight. I was thinking we might have to pay a school kid to open the door on work days; then I'd obsessively worry all shift if s/he remembered to do it, if...

Background: I'm a newbie with my five 12-week old girls (1 RIR, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Golden Comet, 1 Silver laced Wyandotte and 1 Ameraucana). They are housed in a 6' x 10' fully-covered coop-run combo - the coop is about 6' x 6' and is elevated about 2' so there is run space under it. Beneath...

Yes, yes Wise Woman! I like that better than my idea. That looks very safe and tidy, too. I'm grateful for the input :-)

Wthrlady, please know it's not the store requirements, it's the county! (The co-op is headquartered in one county and our particular store is in another, so the main store, which sponsored the seminar, is allowed to sell 3 while our store must sell a minimum of 5 unless the buyer is a 4-H'er)...

I'm feeling a little overwhelmed. I've been studying BYC and a few other resources for more than a year now and thought I was sufficiently equipped for chickens but now am in a bit of trouble. Here is the background (pardon the long-windedness). When we first began planning this a year ago the...

Hi, all! I'm a suburban-raised girl married to a farm-raised boy; we live in a farming community with a very small parcel on the edge of a small town. We are contemplating making a home for a small (4-6 hens) flock of layers. Hubby has experience from his youth with meat birds - and it turned...